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NEWSLETTER OF THE LONG ISLAND MACINTOSH USERS GROUP
LIMac has been
serving Macintosh
users on Long Island
since 1984, when the
Mac was introduced.
Annual dues for
membership is $24.
First meeting is free.
For information, you
can contact any of
the following:
Membership
Alan Gordon
(516) 538-7013
[email protected]
Public Domain
Software
Helen and
Sheldon Gross
(212) 799-5655
[email protected].
cybernex.net
Technical Advice
Bradley Dichter
(516) 874-4363
[email protected]
Program
Coordinator
Rick Matteson
(516) 379-0174
[email protected]
Beginners SIG
Sy Bram
(516) 378-9076
[email protected]
DTP SIG
Balan Nagraj
(516) 427-0952
[email protected]
ED SIG
Rick Matteson
(516) 379-0174
[email protected]
Internet SIG
Al Choy
[email protected]
Internet Address
http://www.limac.org
September’s Meeting: Olympic Olympus
The prices of CD Recorders
discussed the features of this
and other magneto-optical
product. There was an
drives have become very
interesting exchange of views
attractive. How good are
with members on how this
they and what are the benefits
device compares with the
of these devices? To cover
Syquest and Zip drives.
this subject, LIMac’s featured
Olympus has priced the
“How good are they and what are media on this device at about
speaker was Michael Rubin,
the benefits of these devices?“
CD-Recorders Product
$10, which is very attractive.
Manager of Olympus Image
Michael’s presentation
Systems.
was informative and well received. He also had
Starting with a brief background about his
some special prices for LIMac members: A
company, whose U.S. headquarters are in
refurbished CD-R2/MAC for $500 and a new
Melville, Michael discussed their line of storage
CD-R2x4 recorder for $775. These prices are
products and the recently introduced digital
valid for a short time. Please call him at (800)
cameras. He demonstrated their CD-R2x4 with 347-4027, extension 5312, if you are interested.
the Corel CD Creator application package. He
| On this night, we also had our first
mentioned that Olympus has opted to go with
meeting of the Internet SIG. Al Choy, our
the Corel product over the more popular Toast
coordinator for this SIG, did a commendable
Pro, because of better technical support. He
job of explaining the basics of surfing the web.
covered the requirements for creating a CD like LIMac is actively looking at a couple of meeting
a good software package, a non-fragmented
places, where we can go online for this SIG
large hard drive, etc. The data has to flow
meeting.
continuously without interruption. He
| Raffle winners: Bill Sympson (Adobe’s
mentioned that the SCSI chain on some of the
Sitemill and IDG Books’ Macworld Home
older Macs are not fast enough to handle the
Office Companion); Frank Silverman (ASDG’s
speed required for recording a CD.
Elastic Reality); Jim Tornatore (CB Software’s
Olympus made quite a hit at the Boston
Web Arranger).
MacWorld with their SYS.230, a portable
–Balan Nagraj l
230MB magneto-optical drive. Michael
October’s Meetings:
General Meeting: Friday, Oct. 11, 7:00 P.M.
Fractal Design’s Detailer, a 3D painting
program, and Poser, a human figure design
program.
DTP SIG:
Fractal Design’s Painter 4, and Expressions, a
natural media vector drawing program.
Ed SIG: Friday, October. 11, 9:00 P.M.
Educational CD-ROM demonstrations:
Come gather ‘round Geoff’s Performa 5300
and Rick’s borrowed LC 580 (on loan from the
Copiague Middle School) and get real world
demo of some of the best educational software
available on CD-ROM.
Beginners SIG: Friday, Oct. 18, 7:00 P.M.
Review Macintosh basics, discuss hard disk
organization, and, most importantly, take 3
months worth of beginners questions.
LIMac Meetings, unless otherwise noted, are
held at the NY Institute of Technology
(Building. 500), at Northern Blvd., Old
Westbury. To see if school is open in bad
weather, call (516) 686-7789.
The next LIMac board meeting will be held
at the Plainedge Library on Monday,
October 21, 1996.
Dues collection for 1997 begin this month.
Our dues remain at the reasonable $24 level
because of the support that you have shown
to LIMac.Bring your checks to the next
meeting or mail them to: Alan Gordon, LIMac
Membership, 472 Linda Drive, East Meadow
NY 11554
LIMac Inc.
P.O.Box 518
Seaford,NY 11783
President
Balan Nagraj
[email protected]
Vice President
Bill Medlow
[email protected]
Treasurer
Donald Hennessy
[email protected]
Secretary
Wallace Lepkin
[email protected]
The LIMac Forum
Editors/Graphics
Mo Lebowitz
Loretta Lebowitz
[email protected]
Distribution
Wallace Lepkin
Donald Hennessy
Printing
Willow Graphics
(516) 785.5378
Imagesetting
A&B Graphics
(516) 433.8228
The FORUM is
published monthly by
LlMac.All contents,
except where noted,
are copyright ©1996
by LIMac.Opinions
expressed are the
views of the authors
and do not necessarily reflect those of
LIMac.Contents may
be reprinted for noncommercial use, with
due acknowledgment
to LIMac.
Game Corner:
Terminal Velocity.
A review by Dan Gross Age 14.
A high flying, fast,
action-packed game.
You’re flying a TV-202, a
fighter that only a few
elite pilots can handle.
Considering that the
previous model, the TV-
2
Balan Nagraj
President
[email protected]
Game Corner.1
Diamonds 2.02:
A Review by Todd
Medlow
Diamonds 2.02 is a
wonderful game for
the creative mind.It
turned many heads
as it made its way to
the top to become
Macworld’s 1993
Arcade Game of the
Year.Several years
later, Mac Soft
created Diamonds 3D,
a sequel to the
original.Its 3rd
dimension depth
brings a new feel to
the Diamonds family.
Depth allows you
more freedom, and
surprises around
many corners.To
complete each level,
you must hit bricks in
the distance down a
square tunnel with
your ball.Unfortunately, this masterpiece does not come
with a level editor.
– Todd Medlow
101, has led to more pilots’deaths than any
other plane, you feel very lucky to be alive.That’s
probably about to change since, it’s you against
the defense system of the entire universe that is
out to destroy humanity.You have been training
all of your life to fly this ship, but are you ready
for a challenge as big as this? “You’re outgunned, out-manned, and strapped into a flying
coffin.But just think how good “Saved the
Known Galaxy”will look on a resume…”
Taking control of your TV-202 is fairly easy
and can be mastered using the keyboard, the
mouse, or a joystick.The ship handles easily and
makes quick, sharp, and deadly turns.The radar
is a very simple device, but necessary to find and
destroy enemy bases.The cockpit controls make
traveling in your ship much simpler because you
always know where to go and what condition
your ship is.You start out with only a plasma
gun but quickly build up an arsenal of seven
different weapons, each one bigger and
stronger than the last.Also you can find powerups to boost your shields and increase your
speed and weaponry.
The music is of very high quality and fits
right in with the action.Sound effects are great,
from the explosion of the enemy aircraft against
the surface to the rapid fire of your laser
cannon.The graphics are very detailed with fast
scrolling action.Its very great response rate
President’s Remarks
Conflict Catcher 3
A few days after the presidential elections, we
hold LIMac’s elections for our officers and
directors, as outlined elsewhere. Since most
schools are closed on election day, a free session
in the Big Apple provides an excellent opportunity for teachers to learn about the latest developments in publishing and media technologies.
There will be free conference at the Fashion
Institute of Technology in New York City on
this day (November 11, 1996). Following is an
excerpt from an article, written by Jack Powers,
a recognized authority on publishing, that
appears in the MICRO PUBLISHING NEWS of
September 1996.
“Executives working in the printing and
publishing industry spend a substantial part of
their time keeping up to date, but the teachers
only get one day a year to find out what their
kids will need to know about desktop publishing, computer graphics, digital imaging,
graphics, multimedia, CD-ROMs, and the
Internet. In six hours each November, we try to
pack in every relevant innovation, product,
process, and perspective so that the educators
can give their students the skills they’ll need
when they graduate in the next century.
“It’s a completely free conference open to
any junior high school and high school teacher
in the New York metropolitan area. Volunteers
from the industry put together the program,
organize the event and present the seminars.
The folks at Pantone always help out, and New
York area experts like GATF consultant Howie
Fenton and AGC president Bill Dirzulaitis
donate their time and talent.
“What should the teachers be teaching?
Keeping in mind that this month’s new ninthgraders will graduate high school in June of
2000 and finish college in 2004. what skills will
they need, what technologies should they learn,
to find careers in the publishing and printing
fields? Look back at the changes that have
happened since 1989, and you can see how
hard it is to visualize the future. …
“For more information about the Graphic
Arts Teachers Technology Conference, contact
Jack Powers at (718) 499-1884, e-mail
[email protected] or visit the Web page at
www.electric-pages.com/GATCC.” l
I almost made this a non-review by simply
writing: Conflict Catcher 3? Get it! End of
review. But that would not be very fair either to
Casady & Greene who would like to see a
review nor to you, the reader, who would want
to know why.
There are very few pieces of software that
I would say need to be an integral part of your
system. If you have a Performa and do not
intend to upgrade or add any software to your
system, (in other words, you intend to keep it
just like when you purchased it) then you do
not need Conflict Catcher. However, for the
rest of us, especially those of us who run
extension-heavy machines, Conflict Catcher 3
is the number one piece of software I would
personally recommend that you get and add to
your system.
Why? After all, System 7.5 comes with
Extensions Manager. True, but if you run into
an extension conflict, it can take hours (or days)
to find. With Conflict Catcher 3(CC3) the time
spent solving the problem is much less. I ran a
test with the System 7.5.1 upgrade using both
Conflict Catcher 3 and Extensions Manager.
With Conflict Catcher 3 it took 25 minutes to
find the conflict; with Extensions Manger I
stopped after one hour (and I still had not
found it!).
I had Conflict Catcher 2 and it was a
wonderful program. It did everything you
expected of it and then some. Casady & Greene
could have left it alone; continued to market it
and sold the improvements as a secondary
program for Conflict Catcher 2. Instead they
did a very honorable thing. They decided to sell
it as an upgrade and, unlike most upgrades
these days, it is truly worthy of the term!
Conflict Catcher 3 makes its predecessor look
like a porker! It is faster, and runs in a more
logical manner making it much more efficient.
As more and more hardware and software
comes out, more extensions, files, etc. are
added to your system folder. You add the
product of the week: a new printer, a new
modem, the newest upgrade of your system
software or finally that one piece of software/
hardware you’ve been lusting for since the day
you got your machine and BANG! the system
freezes, crashes, doesn’t work. What happened?
Briefly what happens is this: Your system
THE LIMAC FORUM/OCTOBER 1996
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Solving Problems
With Your HP
DeskJet or Desk
Writer 500:
Remove the print
cartridge.Use a soft
cloth,slightly dampened with water,to
clean accumulated
paper dust and ink
from the metal
platen,cartridge
guide and paper feed
rollers.(Check your
user manual if you’re
uncertain which is
which.)
Look at the print
cartridge to make
sure the protective
tape shipped on it has
been removed from
the nozzle and vent.
Use a damp cloth to
clean the print
cartridge cradle and
the contacts on the
print cartridge.Place
the cartridge back
into the printer,
making sure you
install it correctly.
Now,press the Clean
button.
If the above steps
haven’t taken care of
your printing problems,it may be time
to replace the print
cartridge.
– from (The Circle)
Laser Update
keeps the game moving, no matter what.
To make a great game even better, Terminal
Velocity can be played over the World Wide Web
against other pilots to see who really is the best
pilot.Also you can use Remote Ridicule to send
taunts and comments to your opponents and
teammates.With no limits to the number of
fighters there are, the game can go crazy in a
matter of minutes.I had a great time with this
game.
?
What’s in your
System Folder?
Software FPU.
This Control Panel
attempts to replace
the missing math
coprocessor with a
software emulation
of one.The low cost
Quadra and LC
models and others,
did not have one and
some software
required the Floating
Point Unit.The Power
Mac ’s current software emulation does
not include an emulated FPU, so this
Control Panel can
help there too.
Sound Master.
A frivolous Control
Panel that can play a
selected sound file at
the desired event,
such as a disk
insertion or the trash
can being emptied.
Magic Menu.
This Control Panel is
an extension to
Aladdin ’s Stuffit
Deluxe which adds a
new menu to the
Finder.It makes it
easier to compress
and decompress files
right in the Finder,
without having to
use the application
directly.
StuffIt SpaceSaver.
This Control Panel
uses the Stuffit Deluxe
system to automatically compress all the
old files on your hard
drive, to better conserve space.You can
change a file’s name
and have it automatically compress or
decompress.–Bradley
I have included a few codes for your
convenience while playing the game.Just type
in the following codes while in the game:
TRIFIR0 - Temporary invincibility
TRFRAME - FPS ticker
TRIBURN - Speeds after burner up
TRIFIR1 - PAC ammo
MANIACS - 1000 After burner ammo
RIFIR2 - ION ammo
TRIHOVR - Hover while firing TRIFIR3 -
RTL ammo
TRIGODS - Invincibility
TRIFIR4 - MAM ammo
3DREALM - Power up all weapons
TRIFIR5 - SAD ammo
TRINEXT - Skip to next level
TRIFIR6 - SWT ammo
TRISHLD - Shield restore
TRIFIR7 - DAM ammo
TRSCOPE - Oscilloscope
TRIFIR8 - 200 After burner ammo
TRIFIR9 - temporary invisibility
TRWARP*- Warp to level
* (Only from v1.1 and upwards)
Please e-mail any comments [email protected]. l
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More Conflict Catcher 3
runs on software. Unfortunately, so does all
other hardware. All the hardware and software
that you use relies on extensions and/or other
start-up files. That is where an extension
management program comes in. While System
7.5 comes with Extension Manager, it is only
good as long as everything behaves. Hey – let’s
get real. This is a computer we’re talking about.
Because of that unfortunate little fact,
extension conflicts are inevitable. Some can be
resolved easily – just switch the reload order;
others may be harder to determine due to
damage, multiple extensions trying to load
simultaneously, bad programming code, or
other incompatibilities. It really does not matter
since you still have to find out what is giving
you the problem.
That’s the beauty of Conflict Catcher 3.
For instance: when you start the Conflict
Catcher process, it gives you a chance to help it
by targeting files you think may be the culprits
with its Intuition feature This can save lots of
time in your conflict search. Then the program
turns off the last control panels and extensions
that you installed and scans for damaged
resources in your start-up files.
You can also display your start-up files in
several different list views including Date
Installed, whether or not the file is Enabled,
Folder, Kind, Load Order (my personal
favorite), amount of Memory Used or Name,
and you can display just about everything in the
CC3 window in addition to your extensions and
control panels including your fonts, start-up
items and shut-down items as well as your
Apple Menu.
CC3 also keeps a log of your tests so that
you can review them. The System Report feature
gives you System Information, Hardware
Information, Driver Information, Start-Up File
Information, Conflict Catcher Preferences and
Patched System Traps so those of us who are
curious can actually get under the skin of the
Mac O ⁄ S!
By clicking on the individual file’s name,
you can get a CC3 version of the Get Info
window. You can also give your files individual
color codes so that you can see exactly what
you are looking at with a glance, using one
color for fonts, another for extensions, etc.
The Link feature is very helpful, letting you
create linked groups of extensions in various
configurations including incompatible groups
that will only let you load one or the other and
a forced order group which helps in ensuring
that certain files load before or after other files.
You can have CC3 guarantee your start-up
system heap and it will also manage your shared
libraries.
Another option that is really great is the
one that lets you display the names of your
extensions along with the icons during the
famous Dance of the Mac Start-Up Screen, the
long, tedious, boring piece of performance art
by Mr. Apple. Seriously, it is a wonderful way to
identify those files whose icons you just don’t
know.
And oh yes, C&G has not forgotten the kid
in us. There is an Easter Egg in every copy of
Conflict Catcher 3. After all, if you are going to
spend all that time finding and fixing conflicts,
you do deserve a reward! Open up your Apple
Menu and go to Control Panels. Choose
Conflict Catcher and when it opens up, reopen
the Apple Menu and choose About Conflict
Catcher. When you have the picture of the
Butterfly Hunter, type play. Use your left and
right arrows to move the bottom icon and the
space bar to shoot the other icons! Enjoy.
Tech Support? The manual covers
everything. But there is a number – the C&G
main number, and although it’s a toll call, if
tech support is busy, they will call you back!
(And they do! Wow!)
It is rare enough when a program comes
out with little room for improvement that most
of us can think of. Conflict Catcher 2 was one
of those programs and yet Conflict Catcher 3
managed to blow it away! I can’t wait to see
what C&G does with Conflict Catcher 4.
©1996 Peter A. Weissenstein. All Rights Reserved. This
article originally appeared in APPLESEEDS, The Newsletter
of AppleCore Berkshire County. Weissenstein, editor of
APPLESEEDS, can be contacted at [email protected]. l
THE LIMAC FORUM/OCTOBER 1996
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PageMaker 6.0
Save As:
| To enter the Story
Editor,you can always
press Command-E,but
try triple-clicking the
actual story.This will
take you to the Story
Editor much faster.
| If you have several
objects layered,hold
down the Command
key and click to select
the object below the
top object.Each time
you click you will
select the next object
down.
|You probably already
know that you can
select an object and
move it one pixel at a
time by using the
Arrow key.Did you
know that if you hold
down Command and
use the Arrow key you
will move the selected
object five pixels at a
time?
TIPS!
Send your favorite
tips for working in
any Macintosh
program to:
h Mo Lebowitz,
2599 Phyllis Drive,
North Bellmore,
NY 11710
f Fax:
(516) 221-8376
k via e-mail:
[email protected]
bor bring them to
the next meeting.
Elections:
Elections for LIMac Directors will be held at our November
meeting. The Nominating Committee will present a slate and
conduct the election at the meeting. Nominations will also be
taken from the floor. We will elect a president, vice president,
secretary, treasurer, and five Directors. If you wish to nominate
TIP!
Don’t Jeopardize
Your Image with
Illustrator’s
Rasterize:
The Rasterize command in Adobe
Illustrator 6.0 should
be used with caution.
This command,
accessed from the
Object menu, converts
a vector image into a
rasterized image
while also converting
into RGB,CMYK,
Grayscale or Bitmap.
The CMYK conversion algorithm is
not adjustable in
Illustrator and does
not allow any
specification of how
the CMYK separation
will be created.For
example, a 50 %
black object in the
RGB mode will
convert to a fourcolor black in CMYK.
To control and
specify the CMYK
conversion process,
use Adobe Photoshop
for the CMYK
conversion.Once this
is done, you can place
the EPS or TIFF image
into Illustrator.
– PRE magazine
September, 1996
another member (or yourself) for any position, please contact
any member of the Election Committee.
Alan Gordon 516-538-7013 or [email protected]
Shelley Gross 212-799-5655 or [email protected]
Bob McAteer 516-587-8750 or [email protected]
Stuffit Deluxe 4.0
Suitcase vs. ATM Deluxe
Raymond Lau wrote Stuffit over 10 years ago.
It has appeared as a freeware, shareware and
commercial product every since. Who hasn’t
had the need to take a large file and split it into
separate parts or just to make it smaller? Stuffit
Deluxe 4.0, the latest in the series, is a fantastic
tool. It unzips PC files, unbinhexs files, it opens
Compactor Pro files, Now Utilities compressed
files and even files that have been compressed
by Disk Doubler. Using AppleScript or Userland’s Frontier, you can even automate the
processes. Netscape and Microsoft’s Internet
Browser recognize Stuffit as a helper application
that allows you to uncompress files as soon as
the Browser is done downloading them.
America On-line uses Stuffit to automate the
file decompression system when you download
a Macintosh file from AOL. Stuffit is the
standard upon which desk-top compression has
been built. So what can v4.0 offer? The first
thing is a tighter integration with the Macintosh Finder and more PowerMacintosh code.
So they did, with this new version. After a
simple installation, type in your serial number
and you are off and running. You will have to
restart your Macintosh as Stuffit’s installer adds
two new control panels and some extensions to
your system. The extension is actually the
Stuffit engine, which allows you to access
components of Stuffit Deluxe without
launching the application. The two control
panels are the compression utility, which functions very much like Symantec’s Disk Doubler
in that it compresses applications and decompresses them on the fly.
This allows you to increase the size of your
hard drive by 40 to 50%. The second control
panel loaded is the Finder Integration control
panel. The newest version of Stuffit relies and
works with the Mac’s Finder at a system level.
This results in considerable savings in both
RAM and processor overhead, which in turn
speeds up whatever you are doing. Using
Stuffit Deluxe 3.5.1, it took 4 minutes to compress a 119 megabyte Director movie. 4.0
handled the same task in a little over 3 minutes.
Uncompressing the same file took Stuffit
Expander 3.5 a little over 5 minutes. Stuffit
Expander 4.0.1 uncompressed the same file in
just over 2 minutes. Stuffit Deluxe 4.0 is a
must have for any Macintosh user. l
Suitcase 3.0 vs.Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0.
So what about it?
For anyone with more than a handful of
typefaces, font utilities are a way of life. Suitcase
and Adobe Type Manager have been staples of
Mac users for many years. Both programs aid in
the management and printing of fonts, and –
until now – the two programs have been complementary. Not any more. Suitcase is used to
manage font suitcases, allowing different sets of
fonts to be used for different purposes, and
allowing font suitcases to be kept anywhere on
your hard drive – not just within the Fonts
folder in your System folder. Suitcase has not
been upgraded for a very long time – several
years – so the new version should be greeted
with both high expectations and a critical attitude. On the whole, Suitcase 3’s new features
and interface are satisfying, if not exciting. The
utility now uses PowerMac code, meaning that
it runs agreeably fast. Drag-and-drop is supported; drag a suitcase file to either the Suitcase
icon or the main Suitcase window in order to
make fonts available. Fonts are viewed in a
hierarchical folder view. Sets can be a combination of different suitcases that can be organized
according to the user’s needs: a set of fonts for
a particular job, or perhaps a set devoted to
decorative headline fonts. These sets can be
turned on or off at will, and Temporary sets can
be created which go away when you restart
your Mac. A new feature allows a specified set
of fonts to be opened automatically when a
certain application is run. For instance, you
might have a minimal set of basic fonts active at
startup, but have a more interesting set become
active when you run QuarkXPress. This automatic activation is a good idea, but it doesn’t
go nearly far enough – as we’ll see shortly.
A better choice
Adobe Type Manager has become Deluxe
with version 4, adding a number of brand new
and welcome features. This is not just an
upgrade; it is a whole new program. First, the
program continues to do what it has always
done, what has made it one of the most
standard additions on Macs: it cleanly renders
PostScript and Type 1 fonts both on screen and
on printers – even non-PostScript printers.
ATM-assisted type looks great on-screen at any
type size, making it much easier to fine tune
Continued on Page 5
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Photoshop 4.0:
New features in
Photoshop 4.0 ($895)
are aimed at control
and productivity.An
Actions palette lets
users record a
sequence of editing
steps and then apply
them interactively or
in batch mode to any
number of other
images, while Guides
and Grids offer pagelayout-type precision.
A Navigator palette
and speedier scrolling
and zooming mean
quicker movement to
various portions of an
image.And new
Adjustment Layers
allow any number of
color corrections to
be applied as a group,
minimizing image
degradation.Custom
multicolor gradients,
new Web image file
support, and digital
watermarking round
out Photoshop 4.0,
which is slated to
ship this fall.
–COLOR PUBLISHING,
October 1996
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More Suitcase vs. ATM Deluxe
TIP!
PageMaker 6.5:
PageMaker 6.5 ($895)
incorporates several
features that are
unprecedented in
page-layout programs.Documentwide layers,
analogous to those in
Photoshop 3.0, make
it possible for a single
document file to
include multiple
versions, such as
different languages
or regional variations.Layers can also
be used for productions notes.In addition, an automatic
reformatting feature
helps users who are
repurposing existing
documents by
adjusting graphics
and reflowing text to
new specifications.
PageMaker 6.5 also
includes native
import of Adobe
Illustrator files, a
new user interface
that resembles
Photoshop’s and
Illustrator’s, a Save for
Service Provider
plug-in, optional text
and graphics frames
(a la QuarkXPress),
and more.Mac and
Power Mac programs
ship in November.
–COLOR PUBLISHING,
October 1996
spacing and kerning. ATM4 takes this a step
forward by providing optional anti-aliased type,
a feature that will help multimedia designers get
superior results when fonts need to be rendered
on screen.
The biggest news, though, is that ATM4
now takes over the chores for which we used to
depend on Suitcase – and it does a better job,
too. ATM4 now allows you to organize and
access fonts and font sets wherever they may be
located. Where Suitcase 3 forces the user to
locate available fonts, ATM4 can search an
entire hard drive (or CD!) and automatically
create a list of Known Fonts.
Furthermore, it checks the fonts to make
sure they are not corrupted, and that all of the
necessary parts are together. If the fonts get
moved at a later time, ATM4 will notify you.
Verify and Report commands give specific
information on possible font problems. (In fact,
ATM4 discovered a number of corrupted fonts
on my hard drives, a problem which might have
been contributing to random crashes.)
Perhaps the most exciting new feature is
that ATM4 will automatically locate and
activate a font when a document that uses it is
opened. This is the Mac way: do what is necessary and desirable without conscious action by
the user. Surely, this will be the most applauded
feature in the program. Furthermore, ATM4
can use technology previously provided by
Super ATM4 to simulate fonts which are
unavailable. (Note to designers: this feature can
be turned off.) And, if all of this weren’t
enough, ATM4 even displays and prints sample
sheets of fonts. Bottom line: it used to be that
you needed both ATM4 and Suitcase. Now, the
new version of Adobe Type Manager does it all –
and more. ATM4 makes it simple to locate and
keep track of your fonts and easy (or even
automatic) to activate them when they are
needed. To keep the record straight, it should
be noted that I am reviewing a beta copy of
ATM4 . Despite this, I found no problems with
the program of any sort, and Adobe tells me
that, as of this writing, the program is less than
a month from shipping.
Finally, when used with the new Adobe Type
Reunion Deluxe 2.0 , users will be able to
activate ATM4 font sets from within this
applications’ Font menus. ATR also has some
clever new features. It will display the font list
using the actual fonts; it groups font faily members into pop-out menus; it will group the fonts
which are used in the current document at the
top of the Font menu; and it will let you view
subsets of fonts in order to further simplify your
Font menu. Despite being a long-time Suitcase
user, I’m now using ATM4 and ATR2 to
handle and organize my fonts, and I’m recommending this solution to others.
Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0 lets you
automatically add an entire hard drive’s worth
of fonts in just a few minutes. Sets can be
created, and fonts can be dragged from the font
list on the right into the Sets on the left. A
single click on a font suitcase or a set activates
the fonts contained in it.
A black dot indicates a suitcase or set that is
currently active; a circle show that some fonts
within a set are active; and a gray dot shows
fonts that are in your System folder.
Double-clicking a font in an ATM4 window
results in a big sample sheet which shows the
face at different sizes. These can be printed to
create a useful type catalog of your fonts.
(Goodbye to theTypeBook.)
Suitcase 3.0 street price: $79.95
Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0 introductory price: $49.95 (with 30 Adobe typefaces)
Adobe Type Reunion Deluxe 2.0 introductory price: $29.95. Introductory bundle (both
ATM4 and ATR2): $69.95
–Jim Alley l
A quick visual of ATM Deluxe 4.0 features
THE LIMAC FORUM/OCTOBER 1996
TIP!
Your Views Control
Panel:
Turn off Calculate
Folder Sizes in the
Views control panel.
This can annoyingly
slow down your Mac.
Also, try selecting the
middle-sized icon to
see a miniature of the
actual icon when
viewing folders by
name.This gets rid of
the generic icons you
see when the
smallest icon is
selected.
New Members:
We welcome the
following members
who have joined
LIMac in the past
month:
Ellen Pollak
Judy Zeitlin
Pat Barker
Long Island Macintosh Users Group
Post Office Box 518
Seaford, New York 11783
THE MANY
PARTS OF
FRACTAL
DESIGN
DON’T MISS IT!
FRIDAY,OCTOBER 11AT 7PM
Helen and
Sheldon Gross
[email protected].
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Off The Shelf
User Group Connection
Happy Halloween and all that jazz. Speaking of
jazz, we are really enjoying our new Zip drive,
with all the simplicity and conveniences it
brings. But that's another story. This month’s
new disks are brought to you mainly by the
courtesy of Steve Hechler. He has been netsurfing and these disks are the result of his
explorations.
Goodies available this month include:
LIMac#1001 ⁄MoreUtilities including
Newswatcher-212 (for net surfers), msw to html
1.5, updates to 4.08 for Sam users, &
PPPop1.32 to make your online openings easier;
LIMac#1002 ⁄ ALMSharewareSH with Alex’s
Encrypt 1.0.1FAT, CoffeeTimer 1.0.1FAT,
DragAnyWindow 3.2.1FAT, IconArchiver
1.0.2FAT, KeyQuencer 1.2.2a, List Files
2.5.4FAT, Name Finder 1.1FAT, No Desktop
Cleanup 1.2.1, PowerPCheck 3.0.2FAT,
PowerXplorer 1.0.5FAR, Shutdown Delay 2.3.1
& SimpleText Color Menu 2.1.4. LIMac#1003⁄
ToolsSH has Laserwriter 8.3.4, TechTool 1.1.1,
RAMCheck 2.1 & SimpleDate 1.3.1 and
LIMac#1004⁄PowerScan2.1 & MacError
Codes (our favorite).
LIMac#1005 ⁄ Mouseworks5.0SH is an
updated version and LIMac#106⁄TattleTech
2.50 & Columns][1.1 has my favorite game
along with a real utility.
Take another look at last months specials:
LIMac#1000⁄ Marathon speaks for itself!!!!
LIMac#999⁄ SnailRace & Games: Small Game
Folder, Sim, MonteCarlo, SnailRace.
Don’t forget our LIMac Internet Starter
Kit and Acrobat Reader (essential for reading
the kit’s documentation). Check the August
Off The Shelf column in the FORUM for
additional details. See you all on line. l
At our September general meeting, Macworld
Club applications were distributed to interested
members. If you were not able to attend the
meeting, or did not get an application but
would like one, please contact me via e-mail or
at (516) 864-4130 (between 6 and 9PM). More
information regarding Macworld Club is available on their Website: http:www.club.macworld.
com, or in the September issue of the FORUM.
Our User Group will receive 1000 points for
each member who joins.
At Macworld Boston, Apple demonstrated
Cyberdog 1.1. Use this utility to browse the
World Wide Web, read and write e-mail; follow
Usenet Newsgroup discussions; utilize file
transfer services to share files; explore gopherspace; and remotely log into computers via
Telnet. Cyberdog also incorporates the ability to
view text, movies, sounds, pictures, and quicktime VR files on the Internet. Cyberdog is
available in our PD Library. To download the
software, check out Apple’s Web page at
http://cyberdog.apple.com.
For an interesting Website address, visit
http://myhome.apple.com and sign up for your
own Personalized Internet Launcher, an easy
way to cruise the Web.
In November, UGTV will have a special
satellite broadcast. The show line-up, will
include Apple, Adobe, Claris and several other
vendors. Apple will also attempt to Webcast this
show over the net. The tentative dates for the
broadcast are Thursday, November 7 or
Thursday, November 12.
When at the general meeting, don’t forget
to check out the UGC binder at our back table
for interesting offers from Voyager, Prio, Toray,
StartingLine, Adobe, and many others. l
THE LIMAC FORUM/OCTOBER 1996
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Max Rechtman
[email protected]
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interested in joining
a future LIMac
Briarcliff instruction
course in any Mac
program should
contact Bill Medlow,
(516 ) 681-7143 or
e-mail him at
[email protected].
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